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Ashing apparatus, ashing methods, and methods for manufacturing semiconductor devices

US6726800B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 2002
Grant dateApr 27, 2004
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/32136
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a step of forming a TiN film 2 on an underlying film 1; a step of coating a photoresist film on the TiN film 2, and exposing and developing the photoresist film; a step of etching the TiN film 2 using the photoresist film 4a as a mask, by using an etching apparatus that etches an Al alloy film; a step of introducing a mixed gas containing O2 gas and N2 gas adjacent to the photoresist film, and plasmatizing the gas to thereby ash the photoresist film, and a step of introducing H2O gas adjacent to the TiN film, and plasmatizing the gas to thereby ash foreign matters on the TiN film.

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